Consulting​/Principal Software Engineer

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South Africa time type:
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R102545
** About our Team
** Lexis Nexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of , a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

** About the Role
** This position provides assistance and input to management, develops and leads large multifunctional development activities, solves complex technical problems, writes complex code for computer systems, and serves as a senior source of expertise. The position may also provide sizing or budget recommendations to management.
** Responsibilities
* ** Serve as a primary technical point of contact for internal and external technology resources.
* Provide design input across a product.
* Work directly with internal and external customers and end users.
* Serve as acknowledged “go to” person on coding and technical issues.
* Interface with other technical personnel or team members to finalize requirements.
* Write and review portions of detailed specifications for the development of system components of moderate complexity.
* Complete complex bug fixes.
* Develop and maintain product high availability. Provide support to production systems including service recovery for outages and root cause analysis for future prevention.
* Identify, recommend and implement product improvement to increase quality, supportability, performance and availability.
* Mentor lead software developers interested in consultancy on development methodologies and optimization techniques.
** Requirements
* ** 10+ years of Software Engineering experience
* BS Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent experience required; advanced degree preferred
* Software development process expert in applicable methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall).
* Expertise in data modeling, design and manipulation, optimization, best practices, tuning, and leading industry trend knowledge.
* Expertise in development languages including but not limited to:
Java, PHP, Python, Golang, C++, .NEt/C#, Shell Scripts, JavaScript, Type Script, Angular
* Expertise in technologies including but not limited to:
MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Mongo

DB, Rabbit

MQ, AWS, Linux (Red Hat and Ubuntu), Visual Studio, Install Shield, Docker, Jenkins, Microsoft Add-ins.
* Expertise in use of Git Hub copilot or other AI-driven development tools
* Expertise in normalized/dimensional data modeling principles and their application to complex business needs.
** Work in a way that works for you
** We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
* Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
** Working for you
** We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
* Medical Aid
* Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
* Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
* Study Leave
** About the Business
** Lexis Nexis Legal & Professional provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company…